Housing Bubble, credit bubble, public planning, land use, zoning and transportation in the exurban environment. Specific criticism of smart growth, neotradtional, forms based, new urbanism and other top down planner schemes to increase urban extent and density. Ventura County, California specific examples.

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

You Tall? No Man I'm Small

Oprah Winfrey is dispensing great advice these days.

I’ve always hated clutter, found owning things stressful and parted
with material items easily. It might have started as frustration with my
parents always asking me to clean my room. A room with nothing, after
all, is much easier to keep tidy. At the age of about 12, when I figured
out that owning nothing was easier than keeping track of stuff, I began
getting rid of everything I could, making piles of clothes to donate
and tossing out soccer trophies before even bringing them across my
room’s threshold.

I
was worried that my lack of interest in decorating might be a sign of
laziness. But much to my delight, my philosophy of “less is more” — when
executed properly — has actually become trendy.

The previous from Winfrey's commencement address at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Ga.

MSM has always been at war with Trump. What kills them is that Trump won't rise to testing them as worth fighting. We've seen it subtle. We've seen it blatant. The media is not part of governance and they have yet to accept that after the last decades since Watergate.

Yes but I've never seen them so united. The hub sez, even Fox. . . .I said that after they got Nixon that would be the goal from then on. And that attitude would not be good for the nation. Nixon deserved to be got,.but Lordy, I wish I had him back again.And that's really saying something. I really marvel that you otherwise sensible people can't see he's crazy.

Nothing I have every witnessed personally has ever been reported correctly. I remember an expecially stupid sorry on mtg foreclosers. This is nothing new. But dawg, he contradicts him self with I n 10 minutes or so, and discovers health care issues are hard, who knew. Well, everybody here knew.It is true people won't let you say anything osition. I say that I approve his positions on trade and get jumped on. Hey I say, I'll go along with you on most everything else,.but not trade. Being ugly and repulsive doesn't help his cause either.

"'m telling you. California will find a way to wrest control of the sunshine on your roof. For the common good like the requirements for brush clearance."

Rob,THey won't go about it that way. You generate power on your roof that you sell back to PG&E and SCE. Both PG&E and SCE provide stable power whereas solar is not really power, meaning, it's really there only when the sun is angled such that you're generating power at times when you're mostly not using it and relying on the power companies when you are.

Selling power back to the grid causes load imbalances that raise costs. Right now, they're shifting more of those costs onto people who don't have solar. Once enough people shift to solar, they'll charge a fee for the load balancing or the amount of power they have to provide you during peak hours.

I would just expect power to become a lot more expensive like everything else in CAlifornia while the service declines.

Wakey wakey.NBC said Home Depot is doing really well. Yep our store is always very busy and the service people are eager to help. And there are plenty of them. Macy's might want to look into that part. If I sit down to wait for the hub 2 or 3 walk up to ask me if I need help.We spend much more money there than any other retailer except maybe Publix

Liz, of course you are welcome. That part of the Constitution was amended years ago. Retired lawyers are no longer subject to extreme vetting. Keep in mind however that you are still prohibited from holding elective office in two of the four branches of government at the national level. ;)

Lawyers cannot serve in the national Legislative or Executive branches. The elective office in the Professional and Legal branches are available to the highest positions. Indeed, some are open only to lawyers. Prefectures have no such restrictions for any office but may enact them if so desired.